In the introduction, the editors wrote, 'By its very nature, an Oxford Handbook offers legitimacy to disability history, an indication of the field's growing import.' A pioneering professor of ...

Disability studies has gained prominence in recent years, transforming fields ranging from design to literary studies with insurgent approaches to access and representation. The newest volume of ...

Jaipreet Virdi was living and teaching in Canada, where she had grown up and earned her doctorate in the history of science, technology and medicine, when she found out about a job opening on the ...

This free sample chapter comes from the book 40 Ways to Diversify the History Curriculum by Elena Stevens and focuses on the case of Peter the Wild Boy. Use it to help you make history teaching more ...

Introduction / Michael Rembis, Catherine Kudlick, and Kim E. Nielsen -- Part I. Concepts and questions. The perils and promises of disability biography / Kim E. Nielsen -- Disability history and Greco ...

Features 8,000+ artifacts documenting disability rights and culture. Preserved office of founder Henry Viscardi Jr. highlights his advocacy work. Offers school field trips, workshops, group tours and ...

I'm Joeita Gupta, and this is The Pulse. People with disabilities have always been there in public places, in schools, workplaces, and at home. You wouldn't think it. Historically, it seemed that ...

This Disability History Month 2024, join us in celebrating the contributions of disabled solicitors in the legal profession and across society as we embrace this year’s theme: ‘disability, livelihood ...